Lunch at Mandarin Meritius

We had Chicken rice lunch and the Mandarin Meritius today. It's S$20 chicken rice man! Even the cafe latte was S$8!!! That's real expensive. Luckily Ben was graceful enough to pick up the bill. However, parking set me back S$10 and ERP was another S$3 or S$4. Not exactly a free lunch!

Visiting Leshan Giant Buddha

After getting off the train, we went back to the hotel and rested for a few hours before heading out to see Leshan Giant Buddha 乐山大佛. We originally intended to talk a boat ride to the bottom of the Giant Buddha and snap a few pictures before heading back. As luck would have it, we ended up in the South gate and was greeted by a tour guide Mao Lianhua 毛莲花. We bought 2 set of tickets - 1 to go see the Giant Buddha and the other to see some Tang dynasty tombs on the hill behind the Giant Buddha.

Little did I know, this is the start of a torturous journey up the hills. First we saw the face of Buddha carved into the slopes some 500 years earlier than the Giant Buddha.


Next we cross a little stream that is quite picturesque with the stream and bamboo garden.


Next up are wall carvings from the Tang dynasty




The carvings were damaged by the Chinese communist party during the cultural revolution.


Next is the entrances to the Tang dynasty tombs


Inside, there's lots of Luohan 罗汉 and later statues of Buddha in the burial tombs. However, we did not see any coffin in the tombs.





Next comes the familiar scene for the TV serial Fengyun 风云 where most of the kungfu fighting scenes were shot.


Our backpacking friends, Mr. Wang王先生 and Mr. Zhao赵先生 from Liaoning 辽宁

From here onwards, it is a series of hilly trials on mouldy and muddy grounds. Very slippery and rather tiring to walk all the way up and down the hilly slopes.

Of course no trip to Leshan Giant Buddha is complete without some pictures of the Giant Buddha...

First time in Chengdu, China

It's the first time I have been to Chengdu, China. Here's a few pictures of the rather relax city...

I came across this butterfly right in the middle of the city. Rather nice isn't it. I can't remember the last time I saw a butterfly in SG

Lunch at 龙抄手 restaurant at the pedestrian street

Chengdu mei mei's

Of course I need to add me foto in Chengdu

Chubby Pinky has gone to limb Mount Kinabalu!

OMG! Chub has gone with quite a few of the field engineers team, including CW Lee and his wife to climb Mount Kinabalu! At 09:14, Chub SMS'ed me on Saturday to say she was waiting to have packed lunch at the base of the mountain. 

09:41 from Chub...

"Just starting off after ding dong at registration"

12:27 from Chub...

"Past 2200m. Huff and Puff"

I suggested to her she should blog her journey and asked her to take lots of pictures and 360 video, however she is afraid she will drop too far behind. Let's see what happens...

Bumped into Yew Tat today

Ran into my mate Yew Tat on Friday, of all places, it was at the Shell Petrol Kiosk in Lavendar... geez! what a small world! I was on my way to drop my car off, so it was incredibly kind of Yew Tat to give me a lift home in his baby blue VW Beetle convertible. Very nice!

Added Skype button to the side bar

OK, I admit I am feeling bored, so I went to Skype's website and created me a Skype button. Now you can see when I am online and Skype me! Not that you will, but it's nice to know you can Skype me!

Wah ...looks like we need to clean cob-webs on this blog

Nice clock Ray.